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extension.getExtensionTabs()

Warning: This method has been deprecated. Use extension.getViews() instead.

Returns an array of the JavaScript Window objects for each of the tabs running inside the current extension. If windowId is specified, returns only the Window objects of tabs attached to the specified window.

Syntax

js
chrome.extension.getExtensionTabs(
  windowId // optional integer
)

This API is also available as browser.extension.getExtensionTabs().

Parameters

windowId Optional

integer.

Return value

array of object. Array of global window objects

Browser compatibility

Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Firefox for Android
Safari on iOS
getExtensionTabs
Chrome – No support
Chrome 4 – 18 (Release date: 2010-01-25)
altname
footnote Removed in 19 and later
altname Alternate name: getTabContentses
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 5 (Release date: 2010-05-25)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – No support
Opera
footnote No support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support

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Full support
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Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.extension API. This documentation is derived from extension.json in the Chromium code.

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